University Associate Professor

My research group includes people in the Dept of Chemistry and in the Dept of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP).  We investigate questions from physics, chemistry and mathematics, using the theory of statistical mechanics to understand the behaviour of complex systems including biomolecules, glassy liquids, and soft matter.  I am particularly interested in co-operative dynamics: for example, how do molecules move in crowded environments?  What are the co-operative mechanisms for colloidal self-assembly, and the folding of biomolecules?

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Publications

Analyzing mechanisms and microscopic reversibility of self-assembly.
J Grant, RL Jack, S Whitelam
The Journal of chemical physics
(2011)
135
Overview of different characterizations of dynamic heterogeneity
L Berthier, G Biroli, J Bouchaud, RL Jack
(2011)
9780199691470
Mechanisms of kinetic trapping in self-assembly and phase transformation.
MF Hagan, OM Elrad, RL Jack
The Journal of Chemical Physics
(2011)
135
Predicting the self-assembly of a model colloidal crystal
D Klotsa, RL Jack
Soft Matter
(2011)
7
Finite-temperature critical point of a glass transition.
YS Elmatad, RL Jack, D Chandler, JP Garrahan
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(2010)
107
Second-order dynamic transition in a p=2 spin-glass model
K van Duijvendijk, RL Jack, F van Wijland
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2010)
81
Metastable states and space-time phase transitions in a spin-glass model
RL Jack, JP Garrahan
Physical Review E
(2010)
81
Large Deviations and Ensembles of Trajectories in Stochastic Models
RL Jack, P Sollich
Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
(2010)
184
Duality symmetries in driven one-dimensional hopping models
P Sollich, RL Jack
Progress of Theoretical Physics
(2010)
184
Dynamic order-disorder in atomistic models of structural glass formers
LO Hedges, RL Jack, JP Garrahan, D Chandler
Science
(2009)
323

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01223 763865

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